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Design in Nature
Claus Mattheck
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Description for Design in Nature
Paperback. A description of external shape otimization in nature and how these laws of biological design can be transferred for use in engineering. It examines issues such as the axiom of uniform stress and tree shape; biological shells; design target and realization; and close-to-nature computer empiricism. Translator(s): Linnard, William. Num Pages: 290 pages, 75 black & white illustrations, 118 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHVN; TB; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
The chicken bone you nibbled yesterday and threw away was a high-tech product! Not only that: it was a superlative light-weight design, functionally adapted to its mechanical requirements. No engineer in the world has, as yet, been able to copy this structural member, which is excellently optimized in its external shape and its internal architecture as regards minimum weight and maximum strength. The tree stem on which you recently carved your initials has also, by life-long care for its body, steadily improved its internal and external structure and adapted optimally to new loads. In the course of its biomechanical self-optimization ... Read more
The chicken bone you nibbled yesterday and threw away was a high-tech product! Not only that: it was a superlative light-weight design, functionally adapted to its mechanical requirements. No engineer in the world has, as yet, been able to copy this structural member, which is excellently optimized in its external shape and its internal architecture as regards minimum weight and maximum strength. The tree stem on which you recently carved your initials has also, by life-long care for its body, steadily improved its internal and external structure and adapted optimally to new loads. In the course of its biomechanical self-optimization ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540629375
SKU
V9783540629375
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About Claus Mattheck
Born in Dresden, Germany in 1947. Study of physics in Dresden, Phd in theoretical physics in 1973. Habilitation in the field of damage control in 1985. Lectures on biomechanics at the University of Kalrsruhe. Head of the Department of Biomechanics of the Research Centre in Karlsruhe. Several awards in science and literature, 2003 Germany's environmental achievement award (Deutscher Umweltpreis).
Reviews for Design in Nature
From the reviews "I recommend this book to biologists and engineers alike." Nature "...delightful ...this book is a visual feast for engineers and industrial designers, while the photographs and exuberant prose make it accessible to all." New Scientist